Pin.



O. DEAN & E. F. RUEGKERT.

PIN.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 6. 190B.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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sEnn-nsr F. l'iunokaii rfboth citizens ofthe and useful Improvements in Pins, of which "nes's, cheapness and simplicity. .larly is it sought to provide means for elimi- "nating com letely the .usual joint or combination of parts hereinafter described,

7 and 8, sectionson lines Y ,Y and Z Z re- UNITED {STATES "PATENT ()F'EIQEG' CA LYIN- l)l').=\ N AN D ERNEST F. RUECKERT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND SAID it [715C hER'l I ASSIGNOR TO SAID DEAN.

PIN.

no. 92 1,517. Specification of Letters Patent, Patented May 1 1, i909.

application filed August 6, '1908. Serial No. 447,313.

I After the described blank has been cut the free end of the projection C is elevated as shown infFi'gs; 3 and5 to receive the pin tongue. Any convenient and usual form ofpin tongue may be e-mplo'yedf In thisin- To all wlwm it ma concern:

!' tongue. Be it known that we, CALVIN DEAN and United States, each residing at Providence, in 'the'county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have" invented certain new r a downwardiy ben't.or oflset flattened poi:- the following is a s )ecification. f tion Eexpanded at; itsend into .a substa -i- Ou r invention relates to pins,-b1 ooches and E tially circular flat head F; yrovided with a: similar articles of personal adornment. central perforation, f,-'anda horizontallydis The essent al objects are strength, sightli- Particu- I I A by passing the head F-down over and along ears whic 1 have been expensive to nianufacture, weak and unsightly in use, and have invited entanglement of adjacent fabric; also to avoid the use of independent pivot pins which tend to work out of theirbear'nigs to provide a more eflicient form of pin tongue and one whose stop shall be below the surface of the base plate.

' To-theabove ends essentially our invention' consists in the novel construction and that thelug, f, shall pass below the surface" of the plate-A, and the head F shallenter the aperturao. The projection Cis then bent back into the plane of the plate A, and the. in tongue is pivotally held upon the .mem-

bers a artd a". The lug Bis bent as usual to form the pin catch, The contact ot thelug,

f", against theface of the. plate A insures a sufficient tension u on the pin'shaft l) to press the latter tig. tly upward againstjthe top of the catch B. 1 I p An desired form of ornai nental front, G, may e applied totheplate A by solder or and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawin s wherein, i I, i ure 1, is a plan elevation of the original blan constituting, the base ate of a pin embodying our invention. *igs; 2 and 3, sections on line -X Xof Fig. 1., showing res ectively,the pivot member in normal and 'e evatedpositions. Fig.4, a side elevation of my novel pin tongue. Fig. 5, a perspective view of adjacent portions of the pin tongue and basepl'ate during the engagement of the two parts. Fi 6, a plan elevation of the back of a complete pin and Figs Gr has its margin, g, rolled over the margin ofthe plate A.

What we claim is; V r V 1. An article'of manufacture comprising" a base late provided with a transverse marginal s ot anda longitudinally disposed aperture into which the slot leads, an integral projection'a't the base oi the a erture ex- 'tein'ding into-the slot, and. a catch upon the- P at 2. An article of manufacture comprising a base plate, a pivot member integral with the plate at one end having its oppositeend free and normally lyin" in the plane of the plate, and a catch ont eplate;

3. An artic e of manufacture comprising a base plate provided with an opening, a pivot mem er integral with the plate at .one end and havin its opposite end free and extending into t e opening and a'catcli upon the plate.

base plateprovided with a marginal'slot, and

spectively of Fig. 6. r

Like reference characters indicate like parts respectively, throughout the views.

The base plate A of-my pin is cut from a thin metallic strip into a preferably oblong form with an integral lateral lug B near one end. Near its opposite end the plate A is inwardly cut fromits side margin to form a transverse openin a, extending to a longitudina'lly dispose aperture, a, the whole forming a-T shaped opening, with resultant oppositely disposed lugs, a and c Extending from the plate A at the base of the aperture, a, to the margin of the plate, and inter-, mediate the portions 0 and a? is a projection C which forms the pivotmember for a pin mg into the slot, and a catch upon the plate.

er C against lateral movementby the mem An article of manufacture comprising a p stance it 'coiiiprises a pointed shaft 1) having posed circumfrential' stop-li1g, 'f", uponits ott'o'nr. I The' tongue isapplied to the base I the inclined member C,as shown in Fig. 5', so

otherwise. In-th'isinstance the front plate anaperture into which the slot leads, and a rojection at the base of the aperture extend- 5. An article of manufacture comprising a base plate provided With an opening, and a pivot mem er integral with the plate at one end and having its opposite end free and extending into the opening. 7

6. A pin tongue comprising a shaft, a head, an inclined portion connecting the shaft and head, and a lug upon the head disposed at an angle to the inclined portion and parallel with the shaft.

7. In a pin of the type set forth, the combination with a base plate, of a pivot mem-' ber upon the plate, a catch upon the plate, a

' front plate mounted u on the base plate, a

pin shaft provided Wit an inclined portion adjacent the head, a head uponthe end the inclined portion provided with/an opening to receive the prvotmember, and a lug upon the head disposed at an an le to the inclined portion and parallel wit 1 the shaft, adapted to engage the base plate. 8."'In' a pin of the type set forth, the com bination with a base plate, of a pivot membernitegral: with the plate at one end and having its opposite end free of the base plate x and in the plane of the plate, a catch upon having its opposite endfree ofthe base plate,

the plate, a front plate, mounted upon the base plate, and a pm tongue mounted upon the pivot member 9. In a pin of the typeset forth, the combination with a base plate, of a pivot mem-. ber integral with the plate at one end. and

a catch upon. the .plate, a front plate mounted upon the base plate, and a pin tongue mounted upon the pivot member.

1 In a pin of the type set forth, the combinationwith a base plate provided with-an opening, .a pivot member integral with the ate at one end and movableout of, the

[ plate, a pin shaft, .a head upon t e shaft promember, and a lugupon the'head adapted to engage the inclosed face of the base plate.

opening, a pivot member integral iththe opening, a catch upon theplate, afront late mounted upon the base plate, a pin s aft, a head upon the shaft provided with an openuponfthe head intermediate theplates.

bination with a baseplateprovided with an opening, a pivot member integral witrithe upon the plate, a front plate mounted upon the base plate, a pinsl'iaft provided with a .bent end portion, a head upon the end of the bent portlon of the shaft mounted upon the pivot member, and a lug upon the head adapted to engage the base plate.

In testimony whereof We have affixedv our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

- CALVIN DEAN.

ERNEST, r nuaonna'r.

vided with an opening to receive the pivot;

v12. In a pin of the type set forth, the com bllltttiODflVlth a base plate provided with an p plate at one end'and "movable out of the, plane of the plate and extending into the '60 7 ing to receive the pivot member, and a lugv I 13. In a pin of the typeset forth, the co'm plate and extending into the opening, a catch 

